Pro-Beijing lawmaker in Hong Kong stabbed while campaigning

An anti-government assailant stabbed and wounded a pro-Beijing Hong Kong lawmaker who was election campaigning Wednesday, police said, in another escalation of violence surrounding the protests demanding political reforms in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.Junius Ho has become a hated figure by the protesters over his alleged links to violence against them.Ho, two of his assistants and the attacker were all injured, hospital officials said.